"Oh! And the rewards! ”

Rimbaud craned his neck and looked at the golden chest on the pillar.

"Go open it and have a look!"

"Hmm."

Scott reached out and let the portrait of the Ravenclaw Mentor float in the air, then stepped forward on his own and reached out to open the box.

In an instant, the brilliant treasure chest became dim, and the brilliant gold on the surface faded instantly, and the entire treasure chest turned into a simple bronze color.

"Gold" becomes "bronze"?

Is it so pitiful?

Scott was stunned and looked at the contents of the chest.

"What is it?"

Rimbaud asked curiously.

Scott pulls out a necklace from the chest.

The necklace is generally silver, and the pendant is in the shape of an eye, which is set with a crystal clear golden gemstone that acts as an eyeball.

Scott carefully identified the rune engraved on the pendant and read its meaning.

"The Eye of Odin?"

He turned his head to look at the Ravenclaw mentor in the painting.

"In Norse mythology, in order to obtain the fountain of wisdom, Odin traded his right eye to the giant Mimir, who guarded the spring......"

"But there doesn't seem to be any magical legend in his eyes?"

"That's true." Ravenclaw said, "We cannot judge the utility of [the Eye of Odin] in your hands based on legends."

"Let's take a look at this."

Scott took out another roll of ancient hides from the chest.

He glanced at the empty chest, turned to the portrait, and unfolded the skin scroll in his hand.

The words in the Hides are undoubtedly runes as well.

Scott recognized it for a while, then spoke to Ravenclaw, and roughly understood what the runes meant.

The entire [Tower to the Center of the Earth] was built by sorcerers who believed in Norse mythology in the past, much later than the time when the Standing Stone of Stenness was built.

As the Holy See swept across the continent and people changed their faith, they secretly built this temple hidden deep underground under the standing stones of Stenness.

The so-called [Tower of Extension to the Center of the Earth], its real name is [Gangenir Tower].

The upside-down tower is undoubtedly a tribute to the Eternal Spear.

And the temple where Scott and they are located is also named after Odin's palace [Golden Palace].

Of course, the ancient wizards who created this did not believe in Odin in the same way that Muggles believed in gods.

They were more of a school of magic, or a magical society, than a religion.

This school of magic, which has died out in history, bears the name of Asgard.

The wizards of [Asgard] firmly believe that the mythical Aesirs and Warners are just a group of powerful ancient wizards.

And the so-called monsters such as the Frost Giants and the Flame Giants are just other magical races that are different from humans.

Their purpose is to restore the super-magic that is called miracles in mythology by studying the myths and exploring the ruins.

"It's incredible, they almost succeeded."

Scott said in an exclamatory tone.

"They restored or created two superpowers, one is the space magic 'Yggdrasil' that was used to create the world, and the other is the attack magic 'Gangenir' that is absolutely inescapable."

"It's incredible."

At this time, the Ravenclaw in the painting was also clearly surprised.

"They even tried to use the ultra-magic called 'Yggdrasil' to create a world that was different from the Muggle world and belonged entirely to wizarding and magic."

Rimbaud asked, "In that case, why didn't they succeed?" ”

"Oh." Scott pouted, "No new cliché story, traitors have appeared among them. ”

The story is indeed very old-fashioned and bloody.

The betrayal was a witch among the [Asgardian] members.

The reason for the betrayal is because of the so-called love.

She fell in love with a bishop in the Holy See and inadvertently revealed [Asgardian's] secrets, causing the entire school to suffer a fatal blow from the Holy See.

Although the secret was unintentional, the witch seemed to have been seduced by the bishop and finally had to change sides.

Of course, her own end is also tragic.

Scott sighed.

Therefore, the love brain is really unbelievable.

When encountering that kind of love-first brain-dead, the best way is to hide as far as you want.

Ravenclaw sighed as well, "I didn't expect that there was such a truth hidden in the history of wizards. ”

"Wait." Rimbaud blinked, "Holy See? Aren't they Muggles? How powerful are you to compete with wizards who have mastered super magic? ”

"In the past, there were also wizards in the Holy See."

Ravenclaw explained.

"Before Hogwarts was founded, the vast majority of young wizards from Muggle families were acquired by the Holy See and trained to be their own supernatural powers."

"These wizards trained by the Holy See have strong beliefs and never consider themselves to be the same kind as wizards."

"Their power won't be called magic, it's magic."

"They believe that the power they have comes from God, from their devout faith."

With that, she looked at Scott.

"After the establishment of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, we took the initiative to recruit some young wizards from Muggle families to improve the situation."

"Of course, this is also the reason why Salazar does not trust those young wizards, some of whom are all devout believers of the Holy See."

"But the other three of us believe that this part of the students cannot be turned away for this reason, because it will only increase the power of the Holy See step by step."

"We must tell those little wizards that they are born with magical powers, and that they are not given by the so-called gods."

"I've never heard of any of this, and there's no record of it in the history of magic."

Scott said in surprise.

"But after seeing this cliché story, I had this conjecture."

Ravenclaw smiled.

"There are many secrets hidden in the history of magic, some of which are not even written in books," she said. ”

"And now?" Rimbaud asked curiously, "Is there anyone in the Holy See who can use 'divine magic'?" ”

"That's exactly what I'm going to tell Scott."

Ravenclaw said.

"Until I die, the Holy See will still have the power to fight wizards."

"But that changed after the 17th century."

"Secrecy law?"

Scott remembers the International Confederation of Wizards' Secrecy Act, signed at the end of the 17th century, in 1689 to be exact, and formalized in 1692.

Ravenclaw nodded.

"After waking up, I heard such an inside ......"

It turned out that the goblin rebellion that occurred in 1612 actually originated from the instigation of the Holy See.

In order to suppress the goblin rebellion, wizards were more active than ever before, and it also gave the Holy See the opportunity to persecute wizards.

After that, the relationship between wizards and Muggles also reached its lowest point.

Since the beginning of the 15th century, the persecution of witches and witches by the Holy See has been taking place throughout Europe.

This makes it a matter of course for people in the wizarding world to think that using magic to help their Muggle neighbors is tantamount to adding firewood to the fire that burns them.

Many witches and witches were imprisoned and sentenced to death for practicing witchcraft.

Although there are some witches and wizards who use magic to escape, there are others who are not so lucky.

They were stripped of their wands and imprisoned in dungeons, unable to use magic to escape their death.

For example, the ghost of Gryffindor House, Nick, who almost lost his head, died in this way.

Against this backdrop, wizarding families are particularly vulnerable to losing their children, who are not yet able to control their magic, often attract the attention of the Holy See, and are powerless to resist.

Under the leadership of the Holy See, Muggles persecuted wizarding children more and more commonly, and more and more Muggles forced wizards to use magic on them, and witches were burned more and more.

There has also been an increase in the number of Muggles being burned as witches.

All of this was the catalyst for the International Confederation of Wizards Secrecy Act.

At that time, the newly formed British Ministry of Magic sent a special delegation to contact the Muggle monarchs, William III and Mary II, hoping that Muggle law would recognize and protect wizards.

This attempt to obtain official recognition and protection failed.

The wizards began to go the opposite way - going underground and keeping secrets.

After the International Secrecy Act was signed into effect, wizards went into complete secrecy.

Perhaps naturally, they formed their own small communities within the community.

Many of the hamlets attracted several wizarding families, who banded together to help and protect each other.

This went on for a long time, all the way up to the isolation of wizards from Muggle society.

But that's just the surface, not the whole story.

All witches and witches have not forgotten the persecution of wizards by the Holy See.

Later, in the 18th century, after a period of silence, wizards from all over the world secretly united for the first time and began to act.

In England, wizards took the initiative to orchestrate another goblin rebellion.

The silence they exchanged for the Law of Secrecy made the Holy See let its guard down and divert the attention of the Holy See with a goblin rebellion.

Finally, in one fell swoop, the extraordinary power in the hands of the Holy See was completely eliminated.

completely cut off the possibility of them continuing to recruit young wizards.

It's not just the UK, this time the wizards have had a huge success.

The "magic arts" of the world have completely disappeared, and not even a few words of record have survived.

"Since then, the Holy See, deprived of its supernatural powers, has been left to govern Muggles."

"After that, the Muggle government also changed its attitude and began a tacit limited cooperation with the wizarding government."

"After discussion, the International Confederation of Wizards has decided to continue to enforce the law of secrecy strictly so that there will be no further large-scale conflict between wizards and Muggles."

"This is the truth hidden in history, and it is what professors don't talk about in a history of magic class."

"But that's the undertone of modern magical history."

"It's also the reason why the political landscape of the British wizarding world has been formed."

"In Britain, why is it that the so-called 'Twenty-Eight Holy Clans' is so popular, and all witches and wizards almost acquiesce to the particularity of these families?"

"Not only because they have a long history and rich heritage, but also because they have played an important role in the war against the Holy See."

After listening to Ravenclaw's account of this hidden history, Scott did not come back to his senses for a while.

"I see......"

He muttered.

At this time, Rimbaud, who had a lot of questions, asked another question.

"Why do wizards hide this history?"

Ravenclaw looked at Scott.

"Scott, you say."

"I want to ......"

Scott said.

"Because, of course, hiding is the best option."

"Are you talking nonsense?"

Rimbaud muttered discontentedly.

Scott laughed.

He also thought about it for a while before he figured it out.

"I guess the hidden war must have been bloody and brutal, and some Muggle-born wizards were even purged because of their stance."

"Although the Holy See has lost its extraordinary power, its influence is still unparalleled."

"For the sake of the wizarding world, wizards can't give up on accepting Muggle-born wizards."

"After all, wizards are a minority of the few in the human race."

"In short, in order to make the wizarding society more harmonious in the future, everyone decided to hide this history."

"It's just that pure-blood families don't forget this history, and I'm afraid that's part of the reason why most of them are always hostile to Muggle origins."

"The Weasleys are known as 'pure-blood traitors' because of their proximity to Muggles, and I'm afraid that's why they're so."

"I see."

Rimbaud nodded thoughtfully.

It tilted its head to look at Scott.

"Oh Scott, you were also born into a Muggle family, and now that you know this, what do you think?"

"What can I think?" Scott angrily said, "I'm an atheist!" ”

As he spoke, he shook the hide in his hand.

"Sure enough, my adventure isn't over yet."

According to the records on the hides, the only remaining wizards of [Asgard] made a decisive decision when they were dying.

Two wizards left with a portion of their research materials, each hiding them in secret realms called "Niflheim" and "Jotunheim".

And the few remaining wizards cast a curse at the cost of their own lives.

The level in Curse and [Gangenirta] is not only used to block the invasion of the Holy See, but will also be responsible for selecting "heirs" for them.

They hope that in the future generations there will be powerful wizards who will come here through all the trials, accept all their legacy, and achieve their ultimate ideals.

"What do you think?" Scott asked Ravenclaw, "About [Agasde's] ideals." ”

Ravenclaw looked at him, "Create a new world that belongs only to wizards and magic?" Do you want to accept such ideals? ”

Scott scratched his head in annoyance.

"If it can be done, it won't hurt that."

Move everything related to magic to the New World, and isolate wizards from Muggles even more completely.

In this way, there should be no possibility of a major conflict between wizards and Muggles in the future.

"But it's not something I can do alone."

He said very realistically.

"Creating a new world that encompasses all things in the wizarding world will require the efforts of all wizards in the world."

"Of course, if you're going to do it, you're going to have to find a lot of like-minded people."

Ravenclaw laughed.

"You've decided to go on the adventure and find 'Niflheim' and 'Jotunheim', haven't you?"

"I ......"

Scott hesitated.

"I just want to find the 'Gungnier' supermagic and use this unavoidable supermagic to defeat Voldemort and Salazar Slytherin......"

Ravenclaw looked at him with inclusive eyes, smiling without saying a word.

"Okay......"

Scott said awkwardly.

"Ever since I learned that prophecy, I have lost my ...... for the future"

"I mean, if I can get through the prophecy safely, I'm willing to try it."

"After all, if this continues, I don't expect wizards and Muggles to live in peace forever."

"Especially when Muggle technology is getting faster and faster......"

"Thank you......"

The [Eye of Odin] hanging from Scott's finger suddenly flashed, and a "thank you" came out, and then it fell completely silent again.

Scott froze, reaching out to grasp the [Eye of Odin's] pendant.

In an instant, surging magic energy poured out of the pendant, blending with the magic in Scott's body.

At the same time, a detailed message about the Eye of Odin was transmitted to him through magic.

"Oh......"

He was surprised again.

The so-called [Eye of Odin] is the highest achievement of the [Asgardian] school of alchemy.

They judged it to be a masterpiece of alchemy no less than the Philosopher's Stone.

This gem is the most suitable carrier for the space magic "Ygtrasil".

A gem the size of the little knuckle in Scott's hand can carve out a space of about five kilometers with the "Euctra Sir".

In other words, there is a space in this [Eye of Odin] that has been successfully opened up and has a radius of about five kilometers.

"Incredible!"

Scott explained the situation and then began to jump.

He waved his wand to shrink Rimbaud and the four "summoned beasts" and retracted the small wooden box, then held the small frame in one hand and activated the space with the [Eye of Odin] in his hand.

A white door of light appeared in front of him.

Scott walked in with his feet up.

Sunshine, blue sky, white clouds, forests, streams.

He came to a new world.

"There's an ecosystem in there!"

He watched in amazement.

Ravenclaw also said: "It seems that their research is more in-depth than we thought. ”

At this moment, Scott thought that he had an absolutely safe "safe house", and that he could let the "summoned beasts" live in it.

For the sake of time, Scott didn't spend much time in the space.

A rather primeval-looking forest is also nothing to see.

Soon, he withdrew and returned to the [Golden Palace] Temple.

"It's time for me to go back."

He glanced at his watch.

"There's still time to get some sleep and then go to the final round of the Triwizard Tournament."

Just as he was about to activate the portkey, the pillar in front of him where the treasure chest was placed suddenly began to sink.

Scott stopped.

When the pillar sank completely to the ground, a lone metal gate rose again.

Scott walked to the door, reached out and grabbed the huge key on the door with a twist.

The door opened.

He stepped back a few times, turning the inflatable boat back into a robe and slung it over his shoulders.

Walking back to the door, he pulled out the bronze key, which was almost as long as a wand, and stepped inside.

In the next second, Scott saw the sea, the headland, the stone circle, and the sunset.

"This is ......"

He made a look and found himself in the Broadgay Circle, 1.2 kilometers northwest of Stennes Standing Rock.

Fortunately, by this time the sun was about to sink into the sea, and no one noticed his sudden appearance.

Scott finds [Magic Mirror] and begins contacting Dumbledore.

The communication was quickly connected.

"Oh, Scott, you're finally out."

In the mirror, the place where Dumbledore is still the Standing Stone of Stenness.

"Professor? I didn't think of it, where are you still waiting for me...... Yes, I'm in the Broadgay Stone Circle. ”

"Wait......"

As soon as he finished speaking, Dumbledore appeared in front of Scott.

"Oh......"

He immediately noticed that Scott was different.

"It seems that you have gained a lot from this adventure."

"Yes, Professor, I ......"

Scott was about to share his experience and lessons in detail, but Dumbledore raised his hand to stop him.

"Don't worry, Scott." He smiled and said, "You need to rest, I gotta say, you look tired." ”

"Oh yes."

Alerted to the fact that the excitement had passed, Scott immediately felt a tidal wave of tiredness.

"yes, I'm sorry, I need a good night's sleep."

"Of course."

Dumbledore nodded.

"Oh, by the way, Miss Doherty has been taken away by her grandfather."

He told Scott.

"She left a message, if you need a purification ritual, go to the Sea of Oaks and find her as soon as possible."

"No, not anymore." Scott said, "The curse has been purified, you can talk to Mentor Ravink about it." ”

As he spoke, he handed Dumbledore the small frame he was holding, and took the backpack he had handed him.

After tidying up his things, Scott was taken away by Phoenix Fawkes along with Dumbledore.

He returned to the Hogwarts Tower, located on the lawn outside Beauxbatons School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in France.

Suddenly disappearing for two days and popping up the night before the third round, Scott's return certainly sparked inquiries from the rest of his classmates.

In particular, Roger and Fred, who were in the same dormitory, expressed strong dissatisfaction with Scott acting alone without telling them.

But Scott, who was physically and mentally exhausted, had no time to cope with them, and he didn't even have time to eat dinner, so he just took a quick shower and fell asleep on the bed.

The next morning, Scott was awakened hungry.

"Oh, look, our Mr. Warrior has gotten up, I'm going to make breakfast for you!"

Watching him sit up, Fred said in a deliberately yin and yang tone.

"Quick, Roger, why don't you go and help our Mr. Warrior get his face wash ready!"

But Roger just watched him funny and didn't cooperate with him.

Scott rubbed his eyes, "What are you doing?" ”

"Of course it's Mr. Warrior!"

Fred continued to be yin and yang.

"After all, the noble Mr. Warrior no longer regards us as friends."

"Okay......"

Scott got out of bed and put on his slippers.

"Sorry, it's a bit complicated, but I'll tell you."

"Okay, I'll listen."

Fred held out his hand and made an exaggerated gesture in his ear.

"Not now."

Scott changes out of his pajamas.

"Let's wait until the Triwizard Tournament is over."

Fred said, "Hah! You know what, I decided to cheer on Krum and Fleur today. ”